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Reawakened Ancient Evil ?! - Samael Crowley - 09-22-2014 So I picked up FFXIV with my friend a while ago, give or take about half a year. We played on Gilgamesh up until I left. Now that I've come back--to hopefully get more into the game--I've had to transfer to Balmung to play (because my friend transferred). I did some stuff and things here, but with the server transfer, I'm pretty much rethinking my entire character. lmao im only iLvl 88 hello The only thing that's in stone so far is that my character is a Botanist, and named Samael Crowley because I can't change my name, never ever. SQUEENIX. I originally wanted to roleplay Samael as a Summoner, but some reading has shown me that Square Enix is pushing the 'special snowflake' lore onto classes like White Mage and Summoner, albeit Summoner being a little less mary sue-ish. So I'm not going to really get into the meat of my character until I can talk with others about whether they prefer to bend the lore and avoid such mar sues, or if they avoid these classes entirely. Despite the whole prerequisite thing, I still do want to get into the scene of roleplay on Balmung. You can find me in game on my one and only character, Samael Crowley. would you like to come pick some flowers xoxo RE: Reawakened Ancient Evil ?! - Kage - 09-22-2014 Nice to meet ya! That looks like One Punch Man. You are awesome. RE: Reawakened Ancient Evil ?! - Faye - 09-22-2014 Hello there, Samael, welcome back to FFXIV and welcome to Balmung! It's good to see people returning! Some people are fine with bending lore, some think you should avoid the "forbidden" classes entirely, and some people are fine with straight up disregarding the lore or being Mary Sue's to play a straight up special snowflake White Mage or what-have-you. It's really just personal preference--what you want to RP, and the type of people with whom you'd rather RP. And sadly you could have changed your character's name when you transferred servers, but the chance is gone unless you want to pay to transfer away and back again. RE: Reawakened Ancient Evil ?! - Warren Castille - 09-23-2014 Regarding sekrit classes: It would make complete sense for your character to just keep it on the down low. It's a bit of a hot button topic around here, but I still feel if you were playing a White Mage, no one would need to know you're healing with succor compared to conjury. I doubt anyone would know the difference, to be quite honest. Similarly, Summoner isn't forbidden. It'd be poor form to be walking around with an egi out at all times, but there's nothing wrong with having the ability to do it and just not flaunting it. Hell, you're drawing power from a Primal. It weighs more and is more dramatic if you only whip that sort of thing out in tense RP moments. RE: Reawakened Ancient Evil ?! - Unnamed Mercenary - 09-23-2014 (09-23-2014, 07:18 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: Regarding sekrit classes: It would make complete sense for your character to just keep it on the down low. It's a bit of a hot button topic around here, but I still feel if you were playing a White Mage, no one would need to know you're healing with succor compared to conjury. I doubt anyone would know the difference, to be quite honest.^This. I'd say, play as whatever you want to play, as long as it's possible to fit it into the lore one way or another. (So far as to say I'd accept someone playing the not-yet-available rogue/ninja class/job and even the not-sure-if-we'll-actually-get-it musketeer class.) There are a TON of RPers on the server, and finding some that match your style should be pretty easy. If you want to go to a more public event without risking someone freaking out you could be "breaking their lore", Warren brings up the best possible point: How would they know? All in all, RP with what's fun for you! There are surely like-minded people. RE: Reawakened Ancient Evil ?! - LiveVoltage - 09-23-2014 This is relevant as I made a long tumblr post about it a while back. Quote:Taken directly from LiveVoltage20's Tumblr post. *scurry's off back into the AFKdom* RE: Reawakened Ancient Evil ?! - Aduu Avagnar - 09-24-2014 Summoner is easier to rationalise than say White Mage. All it requires is the following: to have a soul crystal, to have defeated a primal, and to then defeat/subdue the essence of that primal. As was discussed in another thread, beating a primal doesn't always require the Echo, because not every primal tempers/drowns etc. And the soul crystals, although rare, are numerous, as shown in the summoner quest. RE: Reawakened Ancient Evil ?! - Jana - 09-25-2014 My character is a Summoner (it is, in fact, her only "job," as opposed to "class"), and I have her only whip out the chicken nugget when her life is in danger AND it looks like no one will be around for it. She's already almost died without resorting to it once. I don't think there's a problem with wanting to RP as a job whose lore makes you out to be a special snowflake if you keep it on the down-low and don't try to make a claim of being the only adventurer with that job, like being a Dragoon versus being the Azure Dragoon. |